Portugal markets recover as political crisis talks resume
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s bond yields dropped on Thursday and its stock market rose, reversing some of the previous day’s sharp losses, as the prime minister and his junior coalition partner sought to defuse a political crisis.
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of top Brotherhood leader
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian prosecutor’s office ordered on Thursday the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader, Mohamed Badie, and his deputy, Khairat el-Shater, judicial and army sources said, after the military overthrew President Mohamed M…
Russia criticizes three EU countries for delaying Bolivian leader’s plane
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia criticized France, Spain and Portugal on Thursday for delaying the Bolivian president’s flight home from Moscow this week over suspicions that former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was on his plane.
Egypt’s interim president sworn in
CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of Egypt’s Constitutional Court, Adli Mansour, was sworn in as interim president on Thursday, a day after the army ousted Mohamed Mursi as head of state.
Technical glitches delay two Dreamliner flights from Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish airline LOT had to cancel or postpone two Boeing Dreamliner flights because of technical glitches with the aircraft, an airline spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Morales back in Bolivia after plane drama over Snowden
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived home to a hero’s welcome late on Wednesday, saying some European countries’ refusal to let his plane enter their airspace because of suspicion it carried fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edwa…
Egypt’s Mansour takes oath as head of top court
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian judge who is due to be sworn in as interim president on Thursday took his oath of office as head of the constitutional court.
Top Brotherhood leaders in same Cairo prison as Mubarak: MENA
CAIRO (Reuters) – Top leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement arrested on Wednesday after the army toppled Mohamed Mursi from the presidency were being held in the same Cairo prison as Mursi’s predecessor Hosni Mubarak, state news agency MENA sa…
Insight: Nigeria seeks farming revival to break oil curse
SAULAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Down a winding dirt track in this sleepy village in northern Nigeria lies a corn farm which looks much like the dozens that surround it. The difference is, this one is turning a profit.
Worries mount for German ‘Mittelstand’ as election looms
BERLIN (Reuters) – Christof Rosenberg has been trying for a year to find a skilled toolmaker for the specialist pipe company he runs with his two brothers in western Germany.
